| onchocerca eberhardi n. sp. (nematoda: filarioidea) from sika deer in japan; relationships between species parasitic in cervids and bovids in the holarctic region. | onchocerca eberhardi n. sp. from the sika deer, cervus nippon, in japan is described. adult worms lived in the carpal ligament; infection reached high levels (up to 25 female and 16 male worms in a single carpal limb). skin dwelling microfilariae were mainly found in the ears. prevalence of infection was 81% at the type locality, mt. sobo, in kyushu. the new material was compared to the 31 species of onchocerca presently known. onchocerca eberhardi n. sp. females were characterized by a long sle ... | 2007 | 17933297 |
| blackfly vectors of zoonotic onchocerciasis in japan. | studies of blackfly vectors of onchocerca dewittei japonica uni, bain & takaoka (spirurida: onchocercidae), a parasite of wild boar implicated in the aetiology of zoonotic onchocerciasis in japan, and six other zoonotic onchocerca species of this country are reviewed. molecular identification of infective larvae found in wild-caught female blackflies showed that simulium bidentatum (shiraki) (diptera: simuliidae) is a natural vector of o. dewittei japonica, and also onchocerca sp. sensu fukuda e ... | 2012 | 22827756 |